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| Phil Mickelson |
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Philip Alfred Mickelson (born June 16, 1970) (nicknamed "Lefty" for his left-handed swing, even though he is otherwise right-handed), is an American professional golf. He is one of the leading players of his generation, having won three major...
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| Greg Norman |
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Gregory John Norman AM (born February 10, 1955) is an Australia professional golf and entrepreneur who spent 331 weeks as the world's number one ranked golfer in the 1980s and 1990s. He is nicknamed "The Great White Shark," or simply "The Shark," a...
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| Arron Oberholser | Person |
Arron Matthew Oberholser (born February 2, 1975) is an American professional golf.
Oberholser was born in San Luis Obispo, California. He attended San Jose State University and turned professional in 1998.
Oberholser played on the Canadian Tour...
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| Laura Davies |
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Laura Jane Davies CBE (born 5 October, 1963 in Coventry, England) is an English professional golfer.
She is considered the most accomplished English female golfer of modern times being the first non-American to finish at the top of the LPGA money...
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| Loren Roberts |
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Loren Lloyd Roberts (born June 24 1955) is an American professional golf. He was born in San Luis Obispo, California. He competed for San Luis Obispo Senior High School and Cal Poly. In 1975 he turned professional after his sophomore season due to...
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| Vijay Singh |
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Vijay Singh (born 22 February 1963), nicknamed "The Big Fijian", is a professional Fijian golf who was number one in the Official World Golf Rankings for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005. He has won three major championships (The Masters in 2000 and the...
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| Rory Sabbatini |
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Rory Mario Trevor Sabbatini (born April 2, 1976) is a South Africa professional golf.
Rory Sabbatini was born in Durban, South Africa. He started playing golf at age 4, but concentrated on it from age 12. He was recruited by the University of...
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| Chad Campbell |
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David Chad Campbell (born May 31 1974) is an American professional golf.
Campbell was born in Andrews, Texas. He attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and turned professional in 1996. Prior to 2000 he played on the third-tier NGA Hooters...
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| Ernie Els |
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Theodore Ernest "Ernie" Els (born October 17, 1969) is a South Africa golf who has been one of the top professional players in the world since the mid-1990s. A former World No. 1, he is known as "The Big Easy", for his imposing physical stature (he...
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| Sophie Gustafson |
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Sophie Gustafson (born December 27 1973) is a Swedish professional golfer.
She is a member of U.S. based LPGA Tour and a life member of the Ladies European Tour. She has four LPGA and 22 international wins in her career. She is a two time LET...
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| Retief Goosen |
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Retief Goosen (born February 3, 1969) is a South Africa professional golf who has been in the top ten in the Official World Golf Rankings for over 250 weeks since 2001. His main achievements have been two U.S. Open wins (in 2001 and 2004), and...
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| José María Olazábal |
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José María Olazábal (born 5 February 1966) is a Spanish professional golf who has enjoyed success on both the European Tour and the PGA Tour, and has won two major championships.
Olazábal was born in Hondarribia, a town in the Basque Country region...
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| Annika Sörenstam |
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Annika Sörenstam (born 9 October 1970) is a Swedish professional golf whose achievements rank her as one of the most successful golfers in history. She has won 72 official LPGA tournaments including ten majors and 18 other tournaments...
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| Tommy Armour III | Person |
Thomas Dickson "Tommy" Armour III (born October 8, 1959) is an American professional golfer.
Armour first joined the PGA Tour in 1981 at the age of 21. He is considered to be a great ball striker, and much of his success depends on how well he...
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| Jim Furyk |
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James Michael Furyk (born May 12, 1970) is an American professional golf, known for consistently playing at the top level and for a visibly unconventional, looping golf swing. In September 2006 he reached a career high of second in the Official...
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| Luke Donald |
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Luke Campbell Donald (born December 7, 1977) is an English golfer who plays mainly on the U.S. based PGA Tour but, is also a member of the European Tour. In 2006 he reached the top ten in the Official World Golf Rankings for the first time in his...
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| Paula Creamer |
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Paula Creamer (born August 5, 1986), nicknamed the "Pink Panther", is an American professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour. In her four seasons as a professional, she has won nine tournaments,...
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| Miguel Angel Jiménez |
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Miguel Ángel Jiménez (born 5 January 1964) is a Spanish professional golfer. He is known as "The Mechanic" for his preference for repairing, rather than driving, high performance vehicles, especially his gleaming red Ferrari.
Jiménez first played...
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| David Toms |
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David Wayne Toms (born January 4, 1967) is an American professional golf who plays on the PGA Tour. He has spent a considerable amount of time in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings (over 175 weeks between 2001 and 2006) and ranked as...
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| Adam Scott |
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Adam Derek Scott (born July 16, 1980) is an Australia professional golf. To date he is one of only three golfers born in the 1980s who have made the top ten in the Official World Golf Rankings, the others being Sergio García and Justin Rose, and...
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| Nikki Garrett | Person |
Nicole Maree "Nikki" Garrett (born 8 January 1984) is an Australia professional golf.
Garrett turned professional in late 2005, and qualified for the 2006 Ladies European Tour (LET). She did not win a tournament in her rookie season, but she had...
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| David Duval |
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David Robert Duval (born November 9, 1971) is an American professional golf and former World No. 1 who competes on the PGA Tour.
Duval was born in Jacksonville, Florida. The son of current Champions Tour player Bob Duval, he graduated from the...
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| Steve Webster | Person |
Steve Webster (born 17 January 1975) is an English professional golf from Atherstone in Warwickshire.
Webster was born in Nuneaton, England. He was the low amateur at the 1995 Open Championship, finishing tied 24th, and turned professional later...
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| Chris DiMarco | Person |
Christian Dean DiMarco (born August 23, 1968) is an American golfer who plays on the PGA Tour, and has been in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings for over 50 weeks between 2002 and 2006.
DiMarco was born in Huntington, New York. He...
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| Sergio García |
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Sergio García (born January 9, 1980) is a Spanish professional golf who plays on both the United States PGA Tour and the European Tour. He has spent much of his career in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings (over 200 weeks between 2000...
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| Mike Weir |
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Michael Richard Weir C.M., O.Ont. (born May 12, 1970) is a Canadian professional golf on the PGA Tour. He spent over 100 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 2001 and 2005.
Weir was born in Sarnia, Ontario. He grew up in...
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| Darren Clarke |
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Darren Christopher Clarke (born 14 August 1968) is a professional golfer from Northern Ireland who plays on both the PGA Tour and the European Tour. He was born in Dungannon, County Tyrone. He played college golf at Wake Forest University in the...
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| Colin Montgomerie |
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Colin Stuart Montgomerie, OBE (born 23 June 1963) is a Scottish professional golfer often referred to by one of his nicknames 'Monty'. He has had one of the finest careers in European Tour history, having won a record eight Order of Merit titles...
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| Tiger Woods |
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Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Currently the World No. 1, he was the highest-paid professional athlete in 2007...
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| Arnold Palmer |
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Arnold Daniel Palmer (born September 10, 1929) is an American golfer who is generally regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of men's professional golf. He has won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour, dating back...
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| Suzann Pettersen |
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Suzann Pettersen (born April 7 1981) is a Norwegian professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S. based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour. Her career best world ranking is second.
Pettersen was born in Oslo. She was a...
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| Tommy Aaron | Person |
Thomas Dean "Tommy" Aaron (born February 22, 1937) is an American professional golf who is best known for winning The Masters Tournament in 1973.
Aaron was born in Gainesville, Georgia. He began playing golf at age 12 and won two Georgia Amateur...
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| Sam Adams | Person |
Sam Adams (born May 9, 1946) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour. He is one of only six left-handers to ever win a PGA Tour event.
Adams was born in Boone, North Carolina. He played golf collegiately at Appalachian State...
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| Jim Ahern | Person |
James E. "Jim" Ahern (born February 26, 1949) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour, and currently plays on the Champions Tour.
Ahern was born in Duluth, Minnesota. He attended Oklahoma State University and turned...
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| Stewart Alexander | Person |
Stewart Murray "Skip" Alexander, Jr. (August 6, 1918 – October 24, 1997) was an American collegiate and professional golf.
Alexander was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but was raised in Durham, North Carolina. He attended Duke University from...
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| Stephen Allan | Person |
Stephen Douglas "Steve" Allan (born 18 October 1973) is an Australia professional golf.
Allan was born in Melbourne. His parents emigrated from Edinburgh, Scotland three years before he was born. He turned professional in 1996 and was a member of...
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| Fulton Allem | Person |
Fulton Peter Allem (born September 15, 1957) is a South Africa professional golfer.
Allem was born in Kroonstad, Orange Free State, South Africa, the middle child of five children and the grandson of a Lebanese trader; he had a privileged...
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| Michael Allen | Person |
Michael Louis Allen (born January 31, 1959) is an American professional golf.
Allen was born in San Mateo, California. He attended the University of Nevada and turned professional in 1984. He played on the European Tour 1986-89 aand 1992, winning...
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| Robert Allenby | Person |
Robert Allenby (born 12 July 1971) is an Australia professional golf.
Allenby was born in Melbourne, his father was from Leeds, England and emmigrated to Australia as a young man. He turned professional in 1992 and was soon successful, topping the...
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| Stephen Ames | Person |
Stephen Michael Ames C.M. (born April 28, 1964) is a professional golf on the PGA Tour holding dual citizenship of Trinidad and Tobago and Canada.
Ames was born in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago and is of English/Trinidadian Portuguese descent,...
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| Jerry Anderson | Person |
Jerry Anderson (born 22 September 1955) is a Canadian golfer.
Anderson was born in Montreal, Quebec and now resides in Cambridge, Ontario. He played on the European Tour for through most of the 1980s. In 1984 he won his only European Tour title,...
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| Billy Andrade | Person |
William Thomas "Billy" Andrade (born January 25, 1964) is an American golf.
Andrade was born in Bristol, Rhode Island. He attended Wake Forest University where he helped lead the Demon Deacons to the 1986 NCAA Championship. He played on the U.S....
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| Isao Aoki | Person |
is one of Japan's most successful golf. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2004.
Aoki was born in Abiko, Chiba, Japan. He was introduced to golf while caddying at the Abiko Golf Club as a schoolboy. He turned professional in 1964. He...
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| Stuart Appleby | Person |
Stuart Appleby (born May 1 1971) is an Australia professional golf.
Appleby was born in Cohuna in rural northern Victoria. He practiced by hitting balls from paddock to paddock. He turned professional in 1992 and began his career on the PGA Tour of...
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| George Archer | Person |
George William Archer (October 1, 1939 – September 25, 2005) was an American golfer who won twelve events on the PGA Tour, including one major championship.
Archer was born in San Francisco, California. He grew to 6 feet 5½ inches (1.97 m) tall,...
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| Ryan Armour | Person |
Ryan Patrick Armour (born February 27, 1976) is an American professional golfer.
Armour attended Ohio State University. He earned third-team All-American honors in 1998 and was selected to the All-Big Ten squad in 1995 and 1998. He also made it to...
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| Arjun Atwal | Person |
Arjun Atwal (born 20 March 1973) is an India professional golf who has played on the Asian Tour and the European Tour and was the first Indian to become a member of the U.S. based PGA Tour.
Born in Asansol, West Bengal, India, Atwal took up golf at...
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| Woody Austin | Person |
Albert Woody Austin II (born January 27, 1964) is an American professional golf who plays on the PGA Tour.
Austin was born in Tampa, Florida. He graduated from the University of Miami, where he was coached by Norman C. Parsons Jr., in 1986 with a...
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| Eric Axley | Person |
Eric Allen Axley (born April 22, 1974) is an American professional golf.
Axley was born in Athens, Tennessee. He turned professional in 1997.
In 2006, Axley won the Valero Texas Open, claiming his first PGA Tour win.
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| Paul Azinger | Person |
Paul William Azinger (born January 6, 1960) is an American professional golf. He spent almost 300 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1988 and 1994.
Azinger was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts. He attended Florida State...
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| Aaron Baddeley | Person |
Aaron John Baddeley (born 17 March 1981) is an American-Australian professional golf. He was born in Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA and now plays on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, has joint U.S. and Australian citizenship and was raised in Australia from the...
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| Briny Baird | Person |
Michael Jancey "Briny" Baird (born May 11, 1972) is an American professional golf who has played on the PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour.
Baird was born in Miami Beach, Florida. Briny played varsity golf in the 7th grade at Miami Country Day. He...
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| Butch Baird | Person |
Fred "Butch" Baird (born July 20, 1936) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour (now known as the Champions Tour).
Baird was born in Chicago. He learned the game at the age of 14 from his father. He...
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| Ian Baker-Finch | Person |
Ian Michael Baker-Finch (born 24 October 1960) is an Australian professional golf who is best known for winning The Open Championship in 1991.
Born in Nambour, Australia. Baker-Finch turned professional in 1979. Baker-Finch credits Jack Nicklaus as...
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| Al Balding | Person |
Allan George "Al" Balding (April 29, 1924 – July 30 2006) was a Canadian professional golfer best known for being the first Canadian to win on the PGA Tour.
Balding was born in Toronto, Ontario. He served in France and Germany as a member of the...
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| Jerry Barber | Person |
Carl Jerome "Jerry" Barber (April 25, 1916 – September 23, 1994) was an American professional golf on the PGA Tour.
Barber was born in Jacksonville, Illinois. He turned professional in 1942. Among his seven tour victories, was the 1961 PGA...
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| Gil Morgan | Person |
Gilmer Bryan Morgan II, OD (born September 25 1946) is an American professional golf.
Morgan was born in Wewoka, Oklahoma. He graduated from East Central State College in Ada, Oklahoma in 1968. In 1972, Morgan earned a Doctor of Optometry from the...
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| Morgan Pressel |
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Morgan Pressel (born May 23 1988) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.
She is the youngest-ever winner of an LPGA major tournament, and has reached number 4 in the Women's World Golf Rankings.
Pressel was born in...
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| Walter Morgan | Person |
Walter T. Morgan (born May 31, 1941) is an American professional golfer who has played on the Senior PGA Tour (now Champions Tour).
Morgan was born in Haddock, Georgia. He began playing golf at the age of 30. He served 20 years in the United States...
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| Lorena Ochoa |
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Lorena Ochoa (born in Guadalajara, Jalisco on 15 November 1981) is a Mexican golf who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and is currently the number one ranked female golfer in the world. As the first Mexican golfer of either gender to be ranked...
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